181. Sasuke vs Orochimaru

"Well, haven't you grown a lot, Sasuke-kun?" Orochimaru said while flickering backwards just as a fireball threatened to devour him.

"I can't seem to reverse summon. Interesting—instead of blocking the spatial transfer as one may think, it prevents me from making a direct connection. I guess that kind of seal system is possible to create from you," Orochimaru said while sticking out his tongue at Kakashi, who was standing outside the barrier with a calm look.

"You won't be able to escape this time," Sasuke said while blue-colored lightning started flickering out from his body.

In the next instant, he appeared near Orochimaru with a downward slash aimed at the latter.

"Aren't you quite excited? Though, unlike what you think, this seal doesn't give me all the information of what you are doing when you are not using this cursed seal."

Thousands of snakes made of wind came out of Orochimaru's hands, intending to bite Sasuke.

"It won't really matter even if you know it, as you are not leaving here alive," Sasuke did not decrease the speed of his slash. Instead of some flickers of lightning on his body coming out occasionally, now a stream of lightning was emitted from his body.

It electrified all those snakes that tried to come close to him.

Orochimaru twisted his body slightly while spewing out something green-coloured from his mouth.

Since Orochimaru's body appeared in this barrier, he hadn't looked into Kakashi's or Sasuke's eyes directly even once.

This made Sasuke stop his slash as he jumped backwards.

This moment of peace was enough for Orochimaru, as in the next instant, he appeared near Sasuke while swinging a sword at him.

"I have left this sword with my current fragment as I had a bad feeling about you from the start. It seems my intuition was correct," Orochimaru said while licking his lips.

This sword was none other than one of the best swords in the world—one of the Kusanagi swords.

"It won't make a difference," Sasuke said. Blue lightning flowing through his sword changed colour to silver.

Sasuke's sword clashed with Orochimaru's Kusanagi.

Unlike what a bystander would have assumed, that Sasuke's sword would be effortlessly cut in two, this didn't happen.

"Yin-Release? You have successfully incorporated it into your lightning to such an extent that it's border-lining a Kekkei Genkai. You really are a genius," Orochimaru said while weaving hand seals while having a sword in one hand.

Sasuke's three tomoe eyes furiously rotated as he analyzed Orochimaru's chakra and what he would do.

In the next instant, both of them jumped back and released a jutsu.

A wind-release jutsu python was released at blinding speeds while a black fireball was spewed out of Sasuke's mouth.

Orochimaru's eyes widened. "Amaterasu? No, this is just an imitation, yet its destructive capability isn't that much different from the original." Orochimaru was literally speechless at this point.

He flickered sideways as the Yin-enhanced fireball overpowered the Yang-enhanced python.

'As I suspected, he could enhance his jutsus with Yang release, though not to the extent I could do with my Yin release in fire and lightning. It's still significant enough to deter my jutsus,' Sasuke thought while appearing near Orochimaru in the next instant and striking his sword at him.

"If you have something else to show, then I am really anticipating that," Yang chakra coated Orochimaru's sword as he clashed with Sasuke's sword.

In the next instant, a wind release was shot at Sasuke point-blank, making him release another fireball. However, it didn't end there.

At the same range, another water release was shot from Orochimaru's mouth.

Sasuke increased the intensity of the chakra going into his fireball.

However, it wasn't able to overpower the water-wind combination jutsu.

'Amazing, the yang chakra he put in his jutsu, not only suppressed my Yin but also acted as a glue for wind and water, such that the result is something very close to Hyoton (Ice-release), yet it's still some steps away from an actual Kekkei Genkai,' Sasuke was shocked at what he was seeing.

He was the only one who knew how much time it took him to integrate Yin in fire and lightning.

So, someone else doing something similar really shocked him.

'I guess that's why he is said to be the brightest disciple of Lord Third,' Sasuke thought while adding more chakra to his sword.

Unlike previously, which wasn't releasing much sound, sounds of birds chirping could be heard from his sword.

Orochimaru realized what was going to happen, so he flickered backwards while stopping the jutsu. However, that was what Sasuke wanted.

In the next instant, all the silver lightning of the sword converged at the tip.

BOOM.

A bullet was shot from there, making a hole directly in Orochimaru's head.

This all happened very quickly.

However, Sasuke wasn't happy, as he saw in the next instant, Orochimaru coming out of his own body while stomping on the ground.

Multiple earth walls were created in successive fashion which took the brunt of the black fireball that came at them.

It was the same one from the earlier confrontation, as Orochimaru had stopped supplying chakra to his jutsu, not dealing with the fireball.

'His chakra was reduced significantly, though, in exchange, he recovered with no physical injuries. I was able to catch him off-guard; that's why I got a fatal hit. Getting one again would be tough with what I am currently doing. I need to catch him multiple times off-guard,' Sasuke frowned while thinking about his next set of actions.

Both individuals were staring at each other while internally devising their next set of actions.

'I can't defeat him. Due to being a kind of clone, I don't have much chakra compared to my original body, so I need to find ways to either outlast till the barrier drops or break the barrier myself,' Orochimaru frowned while putting his palm on the barrier.

Black lines of text could be seen on the barrier, which started moving outwardly. But before they could move, purple lightning erupted in the entire barrier, not only destroying those lines of text but also stunning Orochimaru.

Sasuke didn't miss this opportunity and fired another Chidori bullet, which killed Orochimaru once again.

Again, he came out of his own mouth almost very quickly and dodged the shurikens Sasuke had launched.

Orochimaru frowned as his hands, which were covered in wind chakra, instantly cut the tiny chakra threads attached to those shurikens.

"Aren't you underestimating me too much to think that this tactic would work on me?" Orochimaru said while weaving hand seals.

In the next instant, a fire dragon rushed at Sasuke, which was soon followed by a wind release assisting it, increasing its intensity.

"You really are lucky that we are fighting in a barrier and not in an open space. Otherwise, I would have killed you by now," Sasuke said.

Orochimaru didn't know how right Sasuke was.

'Chidori Stream.' Silver lightning on Sasuke's sword now covered Sasuke's body and started moving in all directions outwardly, acting as a defence.

Not only that but occasional Chidori bullets were also fired as Sasuke endured the firestorm, making Orochimaru focus on defence alone.

'Hmm?' Orochimaru stomped on the ground as an earth dome covered him, giving him cover from all the projectiles shot from inside the fire-storm.

Orochimaru's eyes suddenly widened as he looked at the ground.

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A/N— Guys, this fic would be accelerated from this point onwards as I think it has lost too much support and not many people read it, though this being my favourite child, I at least want to give it a proper funeral/ending. However, don't worry, there is still much main plot content left to write. So expect this fic to end within 100 chapters.

Extra parts that I would have wanted to cover would be covered later as side stories after the main plot has ended if I had the motivation then.

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